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    Good Food

    Animal Feed

    If you are what you eat, then what about the animals we consume and their diet?  Can it affect us?  Nicolette Hahn Niman is an environmental lawyer and the wife of rancher Bill Niman, who produces humane beef and pork products .   Nicolette reveals the surprising ingredients of typical animal feed, which can include arsenic, dyes, poultry manure…

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    By Evan Kleiman • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    If you are what you eat, then what about the animals we consume and their diet? Can it affect us? Nicolette Hahn Niman is an environmental lawyer and the wife of rancher Bill Niman, who produces humane beef and pork products. Nicolette reveals the surprising ingredients of typical animal feed, which can include arsenic, dyes, poultry manure and antibiotics. She discusses the animal feed industry, how it is regulated and her thoughts about organic food.

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    The full episode

    7 of 8
    Wild Foods of Central Park; California Wines; Pet Food Scare
    1. 1:00The Market Report
    2. 8:00Strictly Sushi
    3. 15:00Born To Be Wild
    4. 22:00Recipes That Rock
    5. 29:00Living on Handouts
    6. 36:00Food Contamination
    7. 43:00Animal FeedYou’re reading this
    8. 50:00Central Coast Wines
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